News and blogs

In the last year we saw an upsurge in the number of health innovations and in the ability of the NHS to adopt and embrace change and innovation.

The Innovation Agency, the Academic Health Science Network for the North West Coast, is inviting small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with innovative ideas in health and social care to attend a free Healthcare Business Breakfast in Chester on Thursday 7 Decemeber 2017.

Two innovative health products developed in Merseyside and Cheshire are among 11 selected to join the prestigious NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA).

Nominations are now open for the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards 2018.

A new, fast-track route into the NHS for ‘breakthrough’ medicines and technologies has been welcomed by Innovation Agency Chief Executive Dr Liz Mear.

Our latest newsletter provides updates on some great work and  successes from the North West Coast over the last month, inluding: 

At our last Engage Well event we explored its potential to transform the way health care is delivered when we use it to engage patients and public.

Companies are invited to apply for funding to support the development of healthcare innovations. 

The Innovation Agency has teamed up with Connected Health Cities and Nokia to organise an eight-week step challenge across the North from 23 October to 21 December 2017

A company which designed a hygiene product for hospital patients now used worldwide has been named North West NHS Supplier of the Year.